Over half of all exclusions from list four Section 301 China tariffs are now set to expire Sept. 1, after the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative did not include them in a notice of extensions released the day before their slated expiration. In the notice, USTR granted extensions until Dec. 31 to only 87 of the over 200 list four exclusions published to date. That leaves over 100 exclusions to expire on schedule.
Section 301 tariff exclusion extensions
More than half of all exclusions from list four Section 301 China tariffs are set to expire Sept. 1, after the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative declined to extend them in the run-up to their expiration. USTR granted extensions to 87 of the more than 200 list four exclusions published to date.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is requesting comments on whether new tariff exclusions granted to Chinese imports on Section 301 List 4 that are set to expire Sept. 1 (see 2008060008) should be extended for up to another year, it said in a notice released Aug. 10. The agency is already accepting comments on previously granted extensions that expire on Sept. 1 (see 2007150036). The comments are due by Aug. 20, it said. Each exclusion will be evaluated independently. The evaluation's focus will be on whether, despite the first imposition of these additional duties, the particular product remains available only from China. The companies are required to post a public rationale.
Almost three-quarters of all exclusions from list three Section 301 China tariffs are now set to expire Aug. 7, after the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative declined to extend them in the run-up to their expiration. In a notice released Aug. 6, USTR only granted extensions to 266 of the about 1,000 list three exclusions published to date.
Most exclusions from list three Section 301 China tariffs are now set to expire Aug. 7, after the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative declined to include them in a notice of extensions released the day before their slated expiration. In the notice, USTR granted extensions until Dec. 31 to only 266 of the nearly 1,000 list three exclusions published to date. That leaves over 700 exclusions to expire on schedule.
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is requesting comments on whether exclusions to tariffs on Chinese imports on Section 301 List 1 should be extended beyond Oct. 2, it said in an Aug. 3 notice. Comments are due by Aug. 30, it said. The evaluation's focus will be on whether, despite the first imposition of these additional duties, the particular product remains available only from China. The companies are required to post a public rationale.
The International Trade Commission recently issued several revisions to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to implement new and amended Section 301 exclusions and complete its July 1 implementation of USMCA. Most recently, in Revision 17, issued July 28, the ITC implemented a new round of exclusions from list 4 Section 301 tariffs under U.S. Note 20(fff) to subchapter III of Chapter 99, and new subheading 9903.88.53 (see 2007210026). The ITC also amended tariff numbers listed for some exclusions in U.S. Note 20(ddd).
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will grant extensions to 14 exclusions from the second list of Section 301 tariffs on goods from China that were due to expire July 31, it said in a notice. The 55 exclusions that weren't extended, all listed in U.S. Note 20(o) to subchapter III of chapter 99 and filed under subheading 9903.88.12, will expire July 31. The 14 extended exclusions will now expire Dec. 31, USTR said.
An importer has filed suit at the Court of International Trade seeking refunds on Section 301 tariffs based on exclusions issued after the relevant entries liquidated. Trebbianno, which does business as Showroom 35, seeks refunds of $270,040.90 in duties it paid on its imports of handbags, wallets and purses that were subsequently included under retroactive exclusions issued by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.